diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3f70c3d..7c34952 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.20.11 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/swaggo/files/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b90df8a..4fd5b18 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0 h1:MtMxsa51/r9yyhkyLsVeVt0B+BGQZzpQiTQ4eHZ8bc4=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0 h1:bE++6bhIsNCPLvgDZkYqo3nA+/PFI51pkrHdmPSDFPY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:OHheN1GoygLlAkTlXLXvAdnXdZxy8JUweQ1rAXx1xnc=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
@@ -216,8 +218,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.1-0.20221117191849-2c476679df9a/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2UzZN1eVRvBB7co0a+JxK6XbPiWVs/3J4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 h1:mMMrFzRSCF0GvB7Ne27XVtVAaXLrPmgPC7/v0tkwHaY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
diff --git a/spec/dockerSwarm.go b/spec/dockerSwarm.go
index 8c49233..10ebe43 100644
--- a/spec/dockerSwarm.go
+++ b/spec/dockerSwarm.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package spec
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/swarm"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse"
 )
 
 type DockerSwarm struct {
@@ -108,7 +108,17 @@ func (d *DockerSwarm) GetServiceSpec(appName string, networkID string) ([]swarm.
 		for _, envFile := range spec.EnvFile {
 			log.Info("Using environment variable from files", "file", envFile)
 
-			envVars, err := getEnvVars(envFile)
+			fileName, err := normalizeFilePath(envFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				return []swarm.ServiceSpec{}, err
+			}
+
+			file, err := os.Open(fileName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return []swarm.ServiceSpec{}, err
+			}
+
+			envVars, err := envparse.Parse(file)
 			if err != nil {
 				return []swarm.ServiceSpec{}, err
 			}
@@ -195,45 +205,6 @@ func (d *DockerSwarm) GetServiceSpec(appName string, networkID string) ([]swarm.
 	return specs, nil
 }
 
-func getEnvVars(fileName string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	result := make(map[string]string)
-
-	fileName, err := normalizeFilePath(fileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return map[string]string{}, err
-	}
-
-	fileData, err := os.Open(fileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("file path does not exist", "file", fileName)
-		fileName, _ = strings.CutPrefix(fileName, "/home")
-
-		fileData, err = os.Open(fileName)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("file path does not exist", "file", fileName)
-			return map[string]string{}, err
-		}
-	}
-	defer fileData.Close()
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fileData)
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		tokens := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
-
-		if len(tokens) == 2 {
-			key := strings.TrimSpace(tokens[0])
-			value := strings.TrimSpace(tokens[1])
-			value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, "\"", "")
-
-			result[key] = value
-		}
-	}
-
-	return result, err
-}
-
 func normalizeFilePath(fileName string) (string, error) {
 	currentUser, err := user.Current()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/spec/dockerSwarm_test.go b/spec/dockerSwarm_test.go
index c703b56..27bf80d 100644
--- a/spec/dockerSwarm_test.go
+++ b/spec/dockerSwarm_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package spec
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -55,33 +54,3 @@ func TestNormalizeFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 }
-
-func TestGetEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
-	tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp(os.TempDir(), "test_file-*")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err.Error())
-	}
-	defer tempFile.Close()
-
-	tempFile.WriteString(`
-	ENV_1="1"
-	ENV_2="2"
-	ENV_3=3
-	ENV_4=4
-	# Comment
-	`)
-
-	path := tempFile.Name()
-
-	res, err := getEnvVars(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	if res["ENV_1"] != "1" ||
-		res["ENV_2"] != "2" ||
-		res["ENV_3"] != "3" ||
-		res["ENV_4"] != "4" {
-		t.Error("failed to convert env file into map[string]string", res)
-	}
-}